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Conference Paper Agile, Risk Management, Business Analysis 26 October 2014

Product ownership is a team sport

By Hastie, Shane A number of agile brands downplay the need for business analysis and requirements management on agile projects, putting large store in the role of the product owner. This paper tackles some of the…

Article Agile, Risk Management June 2014

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Danger ahead

By Fewell, Jesse Jesse Fewell, contributing editor and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®, demonstrates how agile techniques, practices and frameworks provide solutions to common project risks.

Conference Paper Risk Management, Scheduling, Agile, Information Technology, Government 29 October 2013

Success with agile in a federal environment

By Garrison, Richard Federal IT projects often run over budget and behind schedule, or fail to deliver promised functionality. Many projects use "grand design' approaches that aim to deliver functionality every few…

Article Agile, Quality Management, Risk Management May 2013

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Let us entertain you

By Fister Gale, Sarah Though they may not carry the gravity of a nuclear power plant or skyscraper, movies, video games, and other entertainment projects are big business. But not all entertainment projects are a hit.…

Article Agile, Risk Management, Scheduling March 2013

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Big delivery in small packages

By Alderton, Matt Enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects are notorious for running late and over budget. This article discusses how adopting agile processes can help ERP projects stay on budget and on schedule.…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Agile 23 October 2012

Collaborative games for agile risk management

By Griffiths, Mike Agile methods incorporate many mechanisms for dealing with late breaking changes (an easily reprioritized backlog, short iterations, frequent inspection, and re-planning, etc.) that also lend…

Conference Paper Requirements Management, Agile, Decision Making, Risk Management, Information Technology 12 October 2010

Flexible project management

By Smith, Preston G. | Oltmann, Jeff To implement software development initiatives, IT project managers often adopt agile techniques and methods. The IT industry's success in using agile has encouraged project managers working in…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Agile, Risk Management, Work Breakdown Structures, SCRUM 12 October 2010

Agile project management mastery in sixty minutes, guaranteed!

By Stenbeck, John Based on the successes that software development project managers have realized as a result of implementing agile, project managers in all industries are increasingly adopting agile techniques and…

Conference Paper Agile, Risk Management 2007

Transitioning to agile

By Lacey, Mitch G. Much has been written about the benefits of using agile methods to manage projects. Yet, many organizations fail to manage their projects successfully even after introducing agile methods. This…

Conference Paper Agile, Risk Management 26 October 2004

Utilizing agile principles alongside A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK guide) for better project execution and control in software development projects

By Griffiths, Mike Today's software development projects pose many challenges to project managers employing a purely traditional approach. First, there are "evaluation difficulties," software is intangible and hard to…